Lead Data Scientist - Remote

Overview

84.51° is a retail data science, insights and media company. We help The Kroger Co., consumer packaged goods companies, agencies, publishers and affiliates create more personalized and valuable experiences for shoppers across the path to purchase.

Powered by cutting-edge science, we utilize first-party retail data from more than 62 million U.S. households sourced through the Kroger Plus loyalty card program to fuel a more customer-centric journey using 84.51° Insights, 84.51° Loyalty Marketing and our retail media advertising solution, Kroger Precision Marketing.

Join us at 84.51°!

In Short

• Engage with stakeholders to translate business questions into statistical and machine learning paradigms.
• Create innovative solutions using supervised and unsupervised learning techniques.
• Identify appropriate models and technologies for analytical business solutions.
• Develop methods using A/B testing and design of experiments to improve customer experience.
• Collaborate with data and software engineers to deploy data science solutions.
• Leverage statistical programming languages and packages, focusing on open source software.
• Use data visualization tools to deliver insights to stakeholders.
• Adhere to quality assurance and documentation standards.
• Position may be located at any of 84.51 LLC’s offices in U.S.; telecommuting may be authorized.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Data Science or a closely related field.
• At least two years of experience in developing analytical solutions.
• Experience querying data from large multi-terabyte data sets.
• Proficiency in R, Python, or other big data statistical software.
• Skilled in data wrangling, cleaning, and dimensionality reduction.
• Ability to create computationally efficient solutions.
• Data visualization skills and ability to present to non-technical audiences.

Benefits

• Health insurance with competitive plan designs.
• 401(k) with Roth option and matching contribution.
• Hybrid work environment with paid time off and flexibility.
• 5 weeks of vacation time and additional health and wellness days.
• Paid leave for maternity, paternity, and family care.